Myth: My child will not sunburn if he wears SPF 50.
Fact: If you do not apply a sufficient number of you-or not he repeated greasing your child can still stung, said Ann Haas, MD, chairman of the Youth Education Committee AAD. The principle is to apply a minimum of 28 grams of sunscreen to your child's entire body. If you use a spray cream, make sure the entire surface of the skin exposed to the spray cream child.
You also need to lubricate the skin to re-apply sunscreen every two hours and a child after her swim or spend a lot of sweat. "The term waterproof or water resistant is often misunderstood. The term connotes, sunscreen can give protection for up to 80 minutes in the water, "says Elizabeth McBurney, MD, clinical professor of dermatology at Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans. "Some parts of sunscreen can be washed by water and terseka if your child drying off with a towel."
Myth: Sunbathing for tanning is not dangerous.
Fact: Sunstroke clearly increases the risk of melanoma, but the children are still at risk of developing skin cancer even though the skin is already brown. "We know that the more children are exposed to sunlight, the more likely he is the type of skin cancer-basal cell and squamous-cell," said Dr. Einchenfield. "Spots or any mark that appears on the skin can mean that the skin is damaged."
Myth: My child sit at home most of the day, so I do not have to worry.
Fact: You may need to worry, especially if the sun is shining. Window glass is only able to filter out UVB, while UVA can still be on the child's skin when he was near the window. "People always thought that only UVB rays are dangerous, but now we know that UVA can also cause skin cancer," says Parents advisor, Jody Alpert Levine, MD, a dermatologist in New York City children. If you travel a lot by car, apply sunscreen in the palm of the hand, wrist, and the face of the child before leaving. If the play area or the kid sitting in the classroom adjacent to the window, she also needs to wear sunscreen to reduce sun exposure.
Myth: Babies should not wear sunscreen.
Fact: You should keep the baby from the sun. But in some occasions, you would never have trouble doing so. American Academy of Pediatrics says you should put on some sunscreen to your baby's skin. However you need to do a "test area" of the previous day, by applying a little sunscreen on the inside of the wrist to check for possible irritation or allergy.
Myth: My son occasionally do not need to wear sunscreen so he does not deficient in vitamin D.
Fact: You have often read various articles on the importance of sunlight for the formation of the body's nutrients. AAD states, both children and adults are getting enough vitamin D from sun exposure daily, multivitamin use, and intake of foods such as milk and orange juice fortified nutrients. "Healthy and Active Children who spend time playing outside, getting more than enough sun exposure for vitamin D production for the sake of his body," said Sandra Johnson, MD, assistant professor of clinical dermatology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock. "Studies have also shown that people who wear sunscreen on a regular basis will not be deficient in vitamin D."